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“N/A” playwright Mario Correa on erasing labels

An Off-Broadway play, “N/A,” features characters based on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who remain nameless. The play’s author, Mario Correa, talks about the hope that one day names and labels will no longer magnify loyalties and divide audiences. Source

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The Rolling Stones on life, music, and loss

The Rolling Stones’ “Hackney Diamonds” was the band’s first album of original music in 18 years – and their first since the death, in 2021, of drummer Charlie Watts. Correspondent Anthony Mason sat down with Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood to discuss their unique chemistry; reuniting with the Stones’ original bassist Bill Wyman; and what becoming octogenarians meant to Jagger and Richards. (This story was originally broadcast on October 15, 2023.) Source

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New York City’s 92nd Street Y at 150

One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, New York City’s 92nd Street Y was founded as a community and performance center, an inclusive meeting place where people could go to make their lives more meaningful. Source

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David Sedaris on talking back to Siri

Commanding your device to do things you could just as well do yourself is a mark of technological progress that humorist David Sedaris finds peculiar, when your voice-activated app is not up to the job. Source

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